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The big show at Northwestern on Tuesday was former Eastern Illinois quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, who went through separate workouts for the 49ers and Texans before the school's pro day. Northwestern played host to players from other schools around the state and 31 NFL teams attended, with the Bears sending three scouts for what amounted to two pro days - one for area players and one for Northwestern. Former NU quarterback/receiver Kain Colter, recovering from ankle surgery, will have a separate pro day next month.

The U.S.-Ireland alliance came in for some gentle ribbing at Thursday's Oscar Wilde Awards held at Bad Robot in Santa Monica. Then the party became even more fun as cops showed up. "This is the nicest event close to Olympic," joked Joel McHale. As the noise from Olympic threatened to overwhelm honoree Conan O'Brien's speech, he yelled "shut up" to the street below. "This is quite a fun Irish party," O'Brien continued. "The cops are going to be called out," he said just as sirens could be heard and a squad car pulled up in front of the building with its lights flashing.

A 23-year-old man was ticketed after walking out onto the ice at Monroe Harbor this afternoon, authorities said. The man walked onto the ice at the harbor about 4:20 p.m. and a Police Marine Unit boat went out after him, then signalled for the man to go back to shore, said Police Enws Affairs Officer Daniel O'Brien. Chicago Fire Department personnel rescued the man from dangerous ice and turned him over to police, according to the Fire Department's news office. Once he returned to shore, the man refused medical attention and was issued a citation for violating a city ordinance, O'Brien said.

LOS ANGELES - Miles O'Brien , a science correspondent for PBS, had his left forearm amputated earlier this month after suffering what he thought was a minor blow to his limb while packing up some equipment, he said on Tuesday. O'Brien, 54, a former CNN anchor, chronicled the progression of his medical horror story, which unfolded at the end of a lengthy reporting trip to Japan and the Philippines , in an account posted on his personal blog . The initial injury, caused by a storage case falling onto his arm, left the limb sore and swollen, but O'Brien said he thought it would heal on its own without medical attention.

Award-winning science journalist and former CNN anchor Miles O'Brien has revealed via his blog that he recently had his arm amputated following an accident. "I wish I had a better story to tell you about why I am typing this with one hand (and some help from Dragon Dictate)," he wrote. After returning from a reporting trip to Japan and the Philippines, O'Brien was stacking cases when suddenly one fell on his arm. Over the next few days, his arm would swell and become increasingly painful, forcing him to to see a doctor.

Ceramics are not a common material in the world of fine art. They were highly prized in China and Korea for two thousand years or so, as a walk through the Asian galleries in any decent museum reveals, but most visitors to a modern or contemporary institution will be hard pressed to find any form of pottery in evidence, save for the mugs in the cafe and the toilets in the bathroom. For the next few months, the Museum of Contemporary Art offers a refreshingly alternate reality. Two concurrent solo exhibitions of flourishing young(ish)

DUBLIN, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Ireland flanker Sean O'Brien has signed a new contract to remain at three-time European champions Leinster, the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) said on Thursday. O'Brien, who was part of the British and Irish Lions squad that toured Australia last year, has been linked with a move to France with Irish media reporting on Wednesday that he was close to signing for European champions Toulon. The IRFU announced the news on its Twitter page and said it would release full details of the former European player of the year's new contract later on Thursday.

(Reuters) - The Houston Texans named former Penn State University coach Bill O'Brien as their head coach on Friday with hopes he can resurrect a team that had the National Football League's worst record in 2013. O'Brien, who two years ago replaced Joe Paterno at a Penn State football program that was shaken by the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, takes over for Gary Kubiak. "There's a lot of pieces in place here. 'Quick turnaround,' 'rebuilding' -- I'm not into labels," O'Brien said during his introductory news conference.